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Review: Azken Auzi ‘Infernua’

8th April 20268th April 2026 Sandy Williamson Argonauta Records, Azken Auzi, Doom, Sludge

French sludge doom duo Azken Auzi have returned to the fold with their new record Infernua on Argonauta Records. The

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Review: Aurelia Anne Cohen ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

31st March 202631st March 2026 Martin Williams Americana, Anti-Corporate Music, Aurelia Anne Cohen, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

While I personally have not yet covered any of Anti-Corp Music’s mainman, Dan Emery’s fabled The Magnolia Sessions, I’ve been

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Review: Axe Dragger ‘Axe Dragger’

19th March 202619th March 2026 Tom Hanno Axe Dragger, Heavy Metal, Ripple Music

There’s a new band coming your way, one that I suppose you could call a super group, as the members

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Review: A-Sun Amissa & Lauren Mason ‘Water Scores’

25th February 202625th February 2026 Matthew Williams A-Sun Amissa, Drone, Gizeh Records, Lauren Mason, Spoken Word

Usually when I start writing down my thoughts and rough notes for a review, I sit, listen and scribble things

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Review: Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin ‘Stygian Bough: Volume II’

14th January 202614th January 2026 Martin Williams Aerial Ruin, Bell Witch, Doom, Profound Lore Records

After five years, the Pacific Northwest doom ensemble Stygian Bough has returned with the follow-up to their 2020 debut, Volume

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Review: Anna von Hausswolff ‘Iconoclasts’

9th December 20259th December 2025 Lee Beamish Anna von Hausswolff, Avant-Garde, Neo Classical, Year0001

So here we are, the last remaining weeks of 2025, and just when I thought I had wrapped up my

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Review: Abraham ‘Idsungwüssä’

18th November 202518th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Abraham, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Idsungwüssä, the fifth album from abrasive Swiss post-metal powerhouse Abraham, slithered out of my speakers like a mudslide washing away

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Review: Author & Punisher ‘Nocturnal Birding’

2nd October 20252nd October 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Author & Punisher, Doom, Industrial, Relapse Records

As a fan of sci-fi, in particular Ridley Scott’s seminal Blade Runner, I have always sprinkled Author & Punisher reviews

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Review: Årabrot ‘Rite Of Dionysus’

22nd September 202522nd September 2025 Lee Beamish Alternative, Americana, Årabrot, Dalapop, Noise-Rock

Having only discovered Årabrot in the last few years, one thing that’s always struck me is the evolution of their

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Review: AlphaWhores ‘You Can Come Out Now’

4th July 20254th July 2025 Lee Beamish AlphaWhores, Alternative, Independent

So, 2025 looks like being the year of change. I know that internationally things are looking pretty apocalyptic, and the

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Review: AAA Gripper ‘We Invented Work For The Common Good’

29th May 202529th May 2025 Harry Holmes AAA Gripper, Noise-Rock, Post-Punk, Spoken Word, Wrong Speed Records

For a record that brings ‘work’ into the frame from the title, there is a surprising amount of play and

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